Necktie-fastener.



T. c. SPELLING.

NECKTIE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24. 1916.

Patented July 25,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed April 24, 1916. Serial No. 93,108.

To all whomfit may conceit-n:

Be it known that I, TI-IQMAsC. SPELLING,

a citizen of .the United States of America, residing at New York city,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners, of which, thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie fasteneIS, and is adaptable. toneckties of all varieties; to bow ties manufactured to orderandsuch asare sold in the form of scarfs, to be passed around the collar and tiedon as often as worn; as well to ties of the hanger variety permanentlymade up. as tothose sold in the form of scarfs to be passed around .thecollar and tied on as often as worn and known as four-in-hand.

It has for a principal object the provision of a simple flexible lowerplate and an overlying plate attached thereto, for impinging and holdingthe neck of the button and the button head, and detachably connectingthem with the tie, by means presently to be described.

Further objects will be apparent from the following specifications,appended claim and drawings.

Referring now to thedrawings: Figure l is a top view of a thin plateslotted and with appendant tongues struck therefrom as there seen, andFig. 2 is a side view of said plate. Fig. 3is a View of a plate ofidentical dimensions having a corresponding and wider slot but no struckout tongues. Fig.

4 is a perspective view of the completed device, Fig. 5 is a view of theside of the device nearest the wearer when it is in place ready for usein connection with a bow tie, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of thedevice when used in connection with a .tie of the hanger variety. Fig. 7is a sectional view of the device, and Fig. 8 is a modification.

Referring to the drawings, more in detail, similar reference charactersindicating identical parts in the several views, the tongues A arestruck from the thin plate, left in attachment at the ends nearest theside thereof at which the slot begins. The tongues are slightly curvedfrom the horizontal lntermediate their ends, and the free ends are bentback to the horizontal. The slot B is barely sufficiently wide to admitof the passage therethrough of the neck of the collar button to itsresting place at D, while the wider and overlying slot E is barely wideenough for the passage therethrough of the widest portion ofthe buttonhead to its resting place at F. The two plates, the thicker (Fig. 3.)overlying the thinner (Fig. 1) may be riveted together as at G, orotherwise joined. The thread holes H extending' through both plates, andexactly corresponding as to position are for use only for permanent.attachment of the device to a bow tie ready made up, while the largerand similarly constructed holes I are for the pas-v sage therethrough'of tapes. cords or wires for connecting other kinds ofties to the collarbutton through the instrumentality of the fastener. At J such connectionis shown. The utilityofsuch connection is seen by persons skilled in theart to consist in the support .in place and preservation of shape thusafforded to the tie. In the illustration just mentioned, the effect isenhanced by the presence of tie-clasp K to which the exterior end of thecord is attached at L. But the connecting cord, tape or Wire may begripped or attached to the tie by any suitable means, such as willreadily occur to the mind without specification. These larger holes aredisposed in a central and vertical line extending almost the entirelength of the plates so that the connection may be made from variouspoints opposite the like central hne of the tie to meet variations intheir lengths and forms. With the parts in place, the extreme point ofthe button head extends slightly beyond the outer surface of the upperplate as seen at M.

In use the completed device is pressed against the collar, andsimultaneously outward pressure may be applied to the shield, inside theshirt band, whereupon the said resilient tongues yield and the plane ofthe thinner plate is brought below the button head. Another importantoffice of these tongues is the offsetting of the slight curvature of thecollar. Without them, contact might occur only on a point of verylimited area and the correct relative position of the fastener might bedifficult to preserve.

A movement of the device to the right or left, as the case may be,itbeing immaterial whether the slot be made on the right or on the leftside,causes the neck to move along spective rest points. A large portionof the the fabric of the tie will yield to allow the protruding portionof the buttonhead to travel along the groove.

The modification (Fig. 8) illustrates a construction of the device froma single piece of material. The embodiment described above in detail ispreferred because of the varying dimensions of button heads, there beingno such variation in the dimensions of the necks, so that upper plateshaving slots of varying widths may be provided without correspondingchanges in thinner plates, conducing to economy of manufacture. Anadditional reason for such preferment is the superiority in flexibilityof the tongues when struck from a thin plate. Fur- Copies of this patentmay be obtained for ther modifications may be made in view of theappended claim, no limitation being implied by the drawings, which aresubmitted for illustrative purposes only.

I claim:

A tie fastener of the class described comprising a relatively thin platehaving an offset slot formed therein to receive the shank of a collarbutton, resilient tongues formed in said plate and bent from the planethereof to frictionally engage a collar, a

supplemental and thicker plate carried by said first mentioned platehaving a corresponding ofi'set slot formed therein of a widermeasurement to receive the head oi a collar button therein, and aplurality of holes formed in said plates to receive fastening meanscarried by a necktie.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS C. 'SPELLING.

Witnesses:

J AMES Ros'rHAL, MOLLIE QUATINETZ.

five cents eaoh, by-addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

